Join Steve Dudrow and the Friends of Gold Butte as follow-up to our March 22 hike up Whitney Pocket Wash and into what some of us unofficially call “Gold Butte’s Bowl of Fire.” Please note this is not to be confused with Lake Mead’s Bowl of Fire. It consists of beautiful red cliffs. This time..

Join Steve Dudrow and the Friends of Gold Butte with a hike in beautiful Gold Butte National Monument. Let your eyes soak in the beauty of Gold Butte as we take a less often walked path. This is a moderate to easy hike of around 4 miles roundtrip to some pretty unique red rock formations,..

Part of the fun of spending time in public lands is gazing at the night sky with the Milky Way and millions of stars overhead. With so much going on in the sky how can you make sense of it all? The good news is, you can learn the basics in your own backyard, and..

Join Steve Dudrow and the Friends of Gold Butte as we hike/scramble up Whitney Pocket Wash and into what some of us unofficially call “Gold Butte’s Bowl of Fire”. Please note this is not to be confused with Lake Mead’s Bowl of Fire. It consists of beautiful red cliffs. The hike will be about 4..

Join Jim Boone for a driving and walking tour of Gold Butte looking at the patterns of vegetation on the landscape. With the dry year we’ve had there may not be many flowers, but we can still identify and learn about the various plants. We will drive along Gold Butte road, stopping in various places..

Join Jim Boone and the Friends of Gold Butte as they explore this scenic loop hike from the Falling Man petroglyph site to Black Butte Dam and back. The Falling Man, 21 Goats, Black Butte Dam Loop is a nice, 2.7-mile hike near Whitney Pocket that links together three interesting areas. Starting from the Falling..

Social distancing is easy in Gold Butte National Monument! Come out and enjoy a beautiful Spring day while doing something nice for the planet. Join the Friends of Gold Butte for a couple hours picking up trash that others leave behind. We will meet at the Friends of Gold Butte office, 12 W. Mesquite Blvd,..

We know it’s last-minute, but tomorrow is going to be the best day weather-wise for a few days, so we’ve decided to take a hike!Join Charyn McDonnell and the Friends of Gold Butte as we explore Doodlebug arch and Amber Cat Canyon. You will see red and white sandstone formations and a neat little arch..

Join Jim Boone and the Friends of Gold Butte as we explore the Key West Mine Loop. This is an exploratory hike with several possible permutations where we will hike little-used dirt roads, abandoned roads, open desert, and washes to make a fairly easy loop onto the flanks of Virgin Peak. As a group, we..

Join Steve Dudrow and the Friends of Gold Butte as we explore Mud Wash Narrows from Gold Butte National Monument crossing into Lake Mead National Recreation Area. We will stop at Red Bluff Spring to explore and follow as it winds its way through the Narrows. We will take our time to explore the Hall..